Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Kamloops chief doesn't know when, or if, claimed gravesites will be excavated
Despite claiming that 215 children had been buried on the site of the Kamloops Indian Residential School in an explosive announcement five years ago, the chief of the Kamloops Indian Band has said she doesn't know when – or if – there will be an excavation. Rosanne Casimir told CBC News: "For us, it is about truth and reconciliation and being able to work with all the different communities, our neighbouring nations, our consultants and our families." Separately, Grand Chief Garrison Settee of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak said last week that "I don't think we should have to prove to anybody what happened to these people because they are there and they send us messages telling us they're there." Since 2021, Canadian taxpayers have given $285.5 million to 166 First Nations projects as part of the Liberal government's "Residential Schools Missing Children Community Support Fund."
Kamloops chief doesn't know when, or if, claimed gravesites will be excavated
Despite claiming that 215 children had been buried on the site of the Kamloops Indian Residential School in an explosive announcement five years ago, the chief of the Kamloops Indian Band has said she doesn't know when – or if – there will be an excavation. Rosanne Casimir told CBC News: "For us, it is about truth and reconciliation and being able to work with all the different communities, our neighbouring nations, our consultants and our families." Separately, Grand Chief Garrison Settee of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak said last week that "I don't think we should have to prove to anybody what happened to these people because they are there and they send us messages telling us they're there." Since 2021, Canadian taxpayers have given $285.5 million to 166 First Nations projects as part of the Liberal government's "Residential Schools Missing Children Community Support Fund."
